Canon Pixma MP210 Photo All-In-One Inkjet Printer (2175B002)

Bought this as part of a bundle from Best Buy. Went to install it and no USB cable. I look on-line and Canon doesn't include it in the packing list.

WTF is that??? I have to make another trip out to get a cable??? Would it kill Canon to throw in a USB cable so I can use it right away? What if Dell or Mac sold computers without keyboards, or mice. Or they sold you mice but you had to buy the cables separately???

C'mon Canon, get real!

Print quality is fine, although the scanner does not scan at exceptionally high DPI. Very fast, decent printing, and the ink is cheap as well (although you can just as cheaply have the ink refilled).

I bought this to replace a broken Epson ICS 1000 all-in-one. Paid probably half for this printer what I paid 4 years ago for the Epson. The first thing I noticed was it was much lighter in weight...Components such as the printer/scan cover seemed fragile. Since the printer is still somewhat new, I will reserve judgement on its long term durability compared to the Epson. However, what I do like is its ease of use and set up. I probably won't be printing many pictures with the printer, since this does seem costly compared to the cost of going to the local 'Mart. However, it is nice feature to be able to print directly from your camera to the printer, via a USB connection or from the memory card, without having to upload to the PC. That is an expected feature these days. Overall, price to product value is great, and a good basic home printer.

This printer works well enough as far as quality, speed, features, etc. The cartridges, however, leave a lot to be desired. It probably took less than 50 pages of printing before we got an on-screen message saying our color ink was running low. While we were printing some fairly color intensive pages (comic book pages from a kids website), it wasn't too color intensive. I did find out that turning the machine on and off a lot can lower the print capacity (each time you power off it cleans the head, which in turn uses some ink) but basically the Canon help desk didn't argue that the performance was abnormal. To their credit, they did send me a free color cartridge. We had a PIXMA 4200 before and the ink for that machine lasted almost a year.

happy with the purchase. works as good as i need it to. no kinks, just works. looks pretty cool too. for the price, i was expecting a much shoddier product but canon surprised me, and amazon's price slashing made it even better.